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Operations management / Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers and Robert Johnston.

By: Slack, Nigel.
Contributor(s): Johnston, Robert, 1953- | Chambers, Stuart.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2007Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxiv, 726 p. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780273708476; 0273708473.Subject(s): Production managementDDC classification: 658.5
Contents:
Part One: Introduction -- Operations management -- The strategic role and objectives of operations -- Operations strategy -- Part Two: Design -- Process design -- The design of products and services -- Supply network design -- Layout and flow -- Process technology -- Job design and work organization -- Part Three: Planning and control -- The nature and planning of control -- Capacity planning and control -- Inventory planning and control -- Supply chain planning and control -- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) -- Lean operations and JIT -- Project planning and control -- Quality planning and control -- Part Four: Improvement -- Operations improvement -- Failure prevention and recovery -- Matching improvement - the TQM approach -- Part Five: The operations challenge -- The operations challenge.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00113599
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00113602
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00113600
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text presents both a logical path through the activities of operations management and an understanding of the strategic context in which operations managers work. It features worked examples of techniques discussed in the text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Introduction -- Operations management -- The strategic role and objectives of operations -- Operations strategy -- Part Two: Design -- Process design -- The design of products and services -- Supply network design -- Layout and flow -- Process technology -- Job design and work organization -- Part Three: Planning and control -- The nature and planning of control -- Capacity planning and control -- Inventory planning and control -- Supply chain planning and control -- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) -- Lean operations and JIT -- Project planning and control -- Quality planning and control -- Part Four: Improvement -- Operations improvement -- Failure prevention and recovery -- Matching improvement - the TQM approach -- Part Five: The operations challenge -- The operations challenge.

CIT Module STAT 6008 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction
  • 1 Operations management Effective operations management
  • 2 The strategic role and objectives of operations The role of operations function
  • 3 Operations strategy What is strategy?
  • Part 2 Design
  • 4 Design in operations management What is design?
  • 5 The design of products and services The competitive advantage of good design
  • 6 Design of the operations network The network perspective
  • 7 Layout and flow The layout procedure
  • 8 Process technology What is process technology?
  • 9 Job design and work organisation The design of jobs
  • Part 3 Planning and Control
  • 10 The nature of planning and control What is planning and control
  • 11 Capacity planning and control What is capacity?
  • 12 Inventory planning and control What is inventory?
  • 13 Supply chain planning and control What is supply chain planning and control?
  • 14 MRP What is MRP?
  • 15 Just-in-time planning and control What is just-in-time?
  • 16 Project planning and control What is a project?
  • 17 Quality planning and control What is quality and why is it so important?
  • Part 4 Improvement
  • 18 Operations improvement Measuring and improving performance
  • 19 Failure prevention and recovery System failure
  • 20 Total quality management The origins of TQM
  • Part 5 The Operations Challenge
  • 21 The operations challenge The strategy challenge

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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